Table 2.
Species composition and total number of ticks collected from goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, in November 2013
| Village | No. of goats | Adults | Nymphs | Larvae | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH | RM | A | R | ||||
| Athol | 10 | 13 | 3 | 102 | 2 | 48 | 168 |
| Clare (H1) | 7 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 65 | ||
| Clare (H2) | 10 | 34 | 51 | 5 | 90 | ||
| Cortenburg | 9 | 40 | 58 | 10 | 96 | 204 | |
| Gottenburg-C | 19 | 67 | 7 | 88 | 41 | 203 | |
| Hlavekisa | 15 | 71 | 304 | 85 | 460 | ||
| Hluvukani (H1) | 10 | 15 | 102 | 46 | 163 | ||
| Hluvukani (H2) | 14 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 53 |
| Ludlow | 6 | 6 | 11 | 114 | 2 | 24 | 157 |
| Phungue | 7 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 42 | ||
| Share | 5 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 72 | |
| Seville (H1) | 13 | 16 | 4 | 62 | 66 | 148 | |
| Seville (H2) | 10 | 45 | 97 | 68 | 210 | ||
| Thorndale | 13 | 37 | 1 | 156 | 1 | 97 | 292 |
| Timbavati | 9 | 22 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 101 |
| Utha (H1) | 7 | 33 | 50 | 46 | 129 | ||
| Utha (H2) | 7 | 9 | 68 | 28 | 105 | ||
| Welverdiend | 13 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 70 | ||
| Total | 184 | 522 | 35 | 1430 | 19 | 726 | 2732 |
Abbreviations: H1, Household 1; H2, Household 2; AH, Amblyomma hebraeum; RM, Rhipicephalus microplus; A, Amblyomma; R, Rhipicephalus